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    3. 交番

    交番

    交こう番ばん

    police box

    N5KMT7News #18+1CorePolitics & LawKanji Vocab18 strokes

    こうばん

    Noun

    1.
    police box, koban, small neighborhood police station
    2.
    alternation

    Noun, Verb

    3.
    alternating (current, stress, etc.)
    physics

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    道みちに迷まよったら、交こう番ばんで聞ききましょう。

    If you get lost, ask at the police box.

    KMT4Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    日に本ほんの主しゅ要ような駅えきの近ちかくには必かならず交こう番ばんがあります。

    There is always a police box near major train stations in Japan.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationPolitics & Law
    彼かれは交こう番ばんで落おとし物ものを届とどけた。

    He reported a lost item at the police box.

    KMT7Daily LifePolitics & Law
    交こう番ばんのお巡まわりさんは、地ち域いきの安あん全ぜんパトロールも行おこなっています。

    Police officers at the koban also conduct safety patrols in the neighborhood.

    KMT7Politics & LawDaily Life
    地ち域いき住じゅう民みんの安あん全ぜんを守まもるため、交こう番ばんは24時じか間んた体い制せいで機き能のうしている。

    To protect the safety of local residents, police boxes operate 24 hours a day.

    KMT8Politics & LawDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    交
    まじ.わる・まじ.える・ま.じる・まじ.る・ま.ざる・ま.ぜる…(6)
    mingle・mixing・association・coming & going
    番
    つが.い…(3)
    turn・number in a series
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